As we head towards the 2024 Spring Season, Little League International has updated their requirements for Abuse Awareness Training for Adults and Diamond Leader Training.  For clarification purposes, the definition of a "Volunteer" is someone who has been background checked by their local league.

* All Volunteers are required to take Abuse Awareness Protocol Training each year. 
* All Regular Season Managers and Coaches are required to complete Diamond Leader Training.

Volunteers will need to be certified once in Concussion Protocol and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Protocol. This requirement has not changed.

All training must be completed before any engagement with the players.  If you fall into one of these categories, you are required to produce the mandatory certificate showing that you have completed the required protocol. Managers/Coaches please save and carry each of the certification certificates in your team binder.  All volunteers should carry a hardcopy or an electronic copy with them to all game/practice sites.

Should you have any questions, comments, concerns, etc. please contact us.

Melody Hobday, Coach Coordinator (& Minors Coach), [email protected]  

JJ Reeder, Player Agent/VP, [email protected]  

Lauren Ries, President, [email protected], 619-379-2041

Abuse Awareness Protocol: (Yearly for All Volunteers - This is a new requirement for 2024)

1. (a) All Volunteers must complete the Abuse Awareness training annually provided by USA Baseball and SafeSport. All managers and coaches must carry documentation in their team binders that the course has been completed for the current year. All volunteers should carry a hardcopy or an electronic copy with them to all game/practice sites.
2. Please sign into your account at USABDevelops.com 
3. Hover over the education tab and select the Course Catalog. 
4. It should take you to https://usabmobilecoach.com/courses- sign in again (you will only have to do this once). 
5. From there you can take any of the courses. 

To access your course certificates: 
1. Log in to USABMobileCoach.com
2. Select your name in the top right corner
3. Click “My Account” 
4. Select “Courses” option.

Diamond Leader Training Program: (Required Once - This is a new requirement for 2024)

All Regular & Post Season Managers and Coaches are required to complete the Little League Diamond Leader Training Program prior to any contact with the players participating in any practices or games.

Here is the link to the Diamond Leader training course.... LittleLeague.org//DiamondLeader

Concussion Protocol: (Required Once)

1. (a) California law requires that all volunteers, including managers/coaches, administrators and officials must complete an online concussion training at least once before supervising youth athletes; a certificate from a prior season is valid for this season. It takes only about 30 minutes to complete the training.

2. A concussion and head injury information sheet must be signed by both the athlete and a parent/guardian before the athlete initiates practice or competition. An existing form from the 2020 spring may be used if it’s available. The signed sheet must be carried with the player’s medical release and code of conduct form.

The online Concussion Protocol Training is at: https://www.cdc.gov/headsup/youthsports/training/.

Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Protocol: (Required Once)

AB379 now requires the same protocols used for concussions in youth and high school sports to be used to help protect young athletes participating in school and community youth sports organizations from sudden cardiac arrest—the #1 killer of young athletes. Community youth sports organizations include an organization, business, nonprofit entity, or a local governmental agency that sponsors or conducts amateur sports competitions, training, camps, or clubs in which persons 17 years of age or younger participate.

The online Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Training is at: https://epsavealife.org/sca-prevention-training/